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(Nomodel.)

A. A. ROUNDS.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 403,614. Patented May 21, 1889.

in N UIN N. PETERS, PhMvLilhngnpher, Waxhlngton. D. CV

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFORI) ALBERT ROUNDS, OF YANKTON, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,614, dated-May 21,1889.

Application filed SeptemberZZ, 1888. Serial No. 286,065. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that LALEOED ALBERT RoUNDs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yankton, in the county of Yankton and Territory of Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vashing-Machines;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in washing-machines5 and itconsists of the peculiar construction and combination of parts, as willbe hereinafter 'fully described, and paiticularlyy pointed out in theclaims.

A further object of my invention is to provide an improvedwashing-machine which shall be exceedingly simple and strong ofconstruction, efficient in operation, and cheap of manufacture.

In the accompanying' drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, of my improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsectional view on the line @e :1: of Fig. l, showing' one of the cups inplan view on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional viewthrough the cup shown in Fig. 2 on the line g/ y, and Fig. l a detailsectional view. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view through aportion of one of' the cups, showing the valve.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, A designates the frame of myimproved washing-machine, which, unlike other machines of t-he pounderclass, is not pivoted or mounted centrally on a pivotbolt that issupported in a fixed or stationary frame, but is adapted to be presseddown upon the fabrics or clothes by resting the hand upon the top barthereof. rlhis frame consists of two pairs of vert-ical bars, B B and CC', and three horizontal bars or braces, D E F, all of which are firmlyand securely united in the manner presently described, to render theframe very rigid and strong. These bars are preferably made of fiatmetal, and at. the points where they cross or lap aligned openings aremade, through which are passed a headed bolt, d, having a nut, df,elastic washers I) c being interposed between thediars, the

auf, and bolt-head, which washers are compressed when the nut is`screwed home and serve to hold the parts firmly and securely in place.

The vertical bars B B and C C are curved inwardly toward one another, asat d, and to the extreme upper curved ends of these bars is secured thearm D, one end of which is extended a suitable distance at D to form alever, by means of which the frame can be Op erated. The horizontal barsE F are arranged below and parallel with the lever D and with oneanother, and they serve to brace and strengthen the frame.

G II designate the two inverted cups, which are secured to the lowerextremities of the vertical bars of the frame. Each cup is made in theform of a truncated cone, with the broad lower end thereof open and theupper end closed, said cups being preferably made of sheet metal, withthe lower edge protected by a wire, c, thatis secured in place bybending the metal upon itself, transverse wires f f being arrangedacross the open ends of the conical cups, as shown. Each of' theinverted conical cups is further provided with two packing-disks, I I',one of' which, I, is placed within the cup and bears against the innerface of the closed end g thereof, and the other, I, is placed againstthe outside of said closed end. These packingdisks correspond indiameter to the end g of the cup, and they each have an annular flangeor ledge, t' fi, respectively, which laps over the joint between the endg and the conical shell y of each cup. The annular ange i of theexterior packing-disk, I lfits over the exterior face ofthe jointbetween the end and side wall of the cup, and in addition to protectingthe same from injury it imparts a neat finish thercto. t'

The lower ends of each pair of vertical bars B and C C are extendedbelow the lower horizontal bar, F, and the bars B and B and (i and C areeach provided with a right-angled foot, as at j j', the feet of the twobars of each pair being bent in opposite directions. These horizontalfeet jj ot each pair of bars of the frame A rest on the exterior 'packing-disk, I, of' the cup, and through said feet and the twopacking-disks I I are passed bolts K K, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, to

firmly and securely unite the several parts together. Each cup isfurtherprovided with an air-port, Z, which is formed in the inclinedwall g thereof, at a point near the closed upper end, g, and this portis alternately opened and closed by a valve, L, which preferablyconsists of two or more disks suitably united togetherby a rivet, asclearly shown inthe right-hand cup, H, of Fig. 1, and which is confinedin a case, M, that is fixed exteriorly to the cup and has two ports, mmy. If preferred,

` however, the escape-port and valve. may

`to throw one end of the frame upward and the other end downward, andthe descending cup is firmly pressed against the clothes. or fabrics,and the air therein is expelled through theport l, the pressure of theair 'moving the valve sufficiently to allow the air to escape. Themotion of the lever is now reversed to depress the other cup, when thesame action takes place and the ascending cup draws a portion ofthefabrics or clothes with it for a limited distance, owin g tothe suctionbetwe an the cup and the fabric, until the weight of the fabricsovercomes the force of the suction.

This operation is repeated until the fabrics havebeen properly cleansed.y

1.o By placing one hand on the frame a rest or support is provided forthe operator and the `cups -are firmly pressed against the fabric andvery little manual labor is required to operate the machine.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. A washing machine consistingof a series of horizontal parallel bars, E F, and a handle-bar, D, apair of vertical bars, B C, rigidly secured to the ends of saidhorizontal bars and having their lower ends extended below thehorizontal bar F, the lower extremities of each pair of vertical bars BC being bent to form the feet j and the inverted oups G H, bolted to thefeet of said vertical bars, all arranged and combined substantially asand for the purpose specified.

2. Awashing-machine consisting of a series of horizontal bars, E F, anda handle-bar, D, a pair of vertical bars, B O, rigidly secured to ltheends of said horizontal bars and having their lower ends extended belowthe horizontal bar F, the lower extremities of each pair of verticalbars B C being bent to form the feet jj, and the inverted cups G H, eachcup having two packing-disks, I I', which are provided withA flaringannular rims that overlap the joint between the head and shell of thecup on both the interior and exterior surfaces of said cup, and boltswhich pass through the feet j j, the packing-disks, and the head of thecup, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my si gnaturein presence of two witnesses.y

ALFORD ALBERT ROUNDS. Witnesses;

H. R. LooKE, E. T. WHITE.

